Harriet
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Harriet is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Teutonic; ruler of the home; feminine form of Harry/Henry.
- SESweden1 in 1.4K(measured from records)
- GHGhana≈1 in 2.7K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 3.6K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 430 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈200,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Sweden
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Teutonic; ruler of the home; feminine form of Harry/Henry
Sources 1
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Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Harriet counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈200,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.1K | — | Harriet | 23 |
| US United States | #706 | 30,360 | 1 in 11K | 30K | Harriet | 430 |
| GB United Kingdom | #405 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.6K | 667 | Harriet | 272 |
| GH Ghana | #108 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | — | Harriet | 66 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈9,300 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | Harriet | 35 |
| SE Sweden | #779 | 7,100 | 1 in 1.4K | 7.1K | Harriet | 55 |
| AU Australia | #696 | ≈4,500 est. | ≈1 in 5.7K | 311 | Harriet | 178 |
| FI Finland | — | 1,598 | 1 in 3.5K | 2.2K | Harriet | 29 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Harriet is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Anglicized form of French Henriette, a feminine diminutive of Henry (French Henri) coined in the 17th century. It was quite common in
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In English, A female given name from the Germanic languages.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, Harriet är en engelsk form av franskans Henriette (→ Henrietta). Det kom till Sverige via västsvenska kontakter med Storbritannien. En känd namnbärare är poeten och konstnären Harriet Löwenhjelm (1887–1918). I den rikssvenska almanackan 10 okto ber och i den finlandssvenska 6 januari.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In German, ['haenat]: im 19. Jh. aus dem Englischen übernommener weibl.
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In German, Harriet Beecher-Stowe, amerikanische Schriftstellerin
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Harriet Martineaub. 1802GBEnglish writer and sociologist (1802–1876)
- Harriet Taylor Millb. 1807GBBritish philosopher (1807–1858)
- Harriet Beecher Stoweb. 1811USAmerican abolitionist and author (1811–1896)
- Harriet Tubmanb. 1821USAfrican-American abolitionist (1822–1913)
- Harriet Laneb. 1830USFirst Lady of the United States from 1857 to 1861
- Irene Worthb. 1916USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1916–2002)
- Harriet Anderssonb. 1932SESwedish actress (born 1932)
- Harriet Harmanb. 1950GBBritish politician (born 1950)
- Harriet Walterb. 1950GBBritish actress (born 1950)
- Harriet Sansom Harrisb. 1955USAmerican actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 79 sources across 41 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 30K | #1,244 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 7.1K | #499 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 3.4K | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 2.2K | #511 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 1.6K | — |
| GB United Kingdom | ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024) | 2024 | 667 | #68 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2023 | 311 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 226 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2025 | 78 | #91 |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 2025 | 78 | #91 |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 2025 | 60 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 46 | #1,244 |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Harriet mean, and where does it come from?
- Teutonic; ruler of the home; feminine form of Harry/Henry Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….
- What are other forms of the name Harriet?
- In the etymology graph, Ina, Heike and Henrietta are forms of the same name in other languages; Hattie and Hallie are recorded short or pet forms.
- In which country does Harriet have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 196 thousand people named Harriet in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled harriet.
- Where is Harriet most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Harriet is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 1.4 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
- Is Harriet a male or female name?
- Harriet is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How common is the name Harriet?
- In the United States, the national register counted 30,360 people named Harriet in 2020, about 1 in 11 thousand residents.
- How common is Harriet compared with other names?
- In Ghana, Harriet is the 108th most common given name of 14,081 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Harriet” — the 108th most common given name in Ghana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.